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Malkani, M.S., Ilyas, M., Yasin, R., Abbas, A., Samiullah, K., Raza, T., Hassan, S.S.E., Fazal, R.M., Noor, A. & Malik, A. (2022). Geology of Northern Sulaiman Foldbelt, Shirani and Waziristan Regions (South Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): New Tomistominae (Miocene False Gharial) from Sakhi Sarwar Area of Dera Ghazi Khan (South Punjab), Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology, 12(6), 521-564.

Cited by 6 units (6 published) · 0 field-level citations · 4 revision notes.

Full text (user-supplied PDF). Malkani-corpus (single principal author) geology + mineral-resource + vertebrate-paleontology account of the Northern Koh Sulaiman foldbelt, Shirani, and North/South Waziristan. NOT independent of the other Malkani compilations. Used for Northern-Sulaiman/Waziristan lithostratigraphic gap-fill and distinctive fossil content (e.g. new Miocene Tomistominae false gharial from Sakhi Sarwar; Late Cretaceous archosaur trackways Sauropaonia/Ornithopaonia/Pteropaonia) recorded as attributed revisionNotes; synonymies not adopted where better biostratigraphy exists.

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• Cenozoic Chitarwatta Formation Paleogene
  • Fossils: Malkani et al. (2022): the Oligocene Chitarwata Formation of the Sulaiman/Vihowa Group is reported to yield the large land rhinocerotoid Buzdartherium gulkirao ('largest land rhinoceros') and, from the Gulki area, the eusuchian crocodile Asifcroco retrai. Attributed Malkani-corpus taxa (the earlier 'largest land mammal' phrasing conflated this with Baluchitherium, which these papers do not name); recorded as notes, not added to the curated fossil list.
• Cenozoic Litra Formation Neogene
  • Fossils: Malkani et al. (2022, OJG 12:521-564): the friable greenish-grey sandstone of the Litra Formation in the Sakhi Sarwar area (Dera Ghazi Khan, South Punjab) yielded the new Miocene tomistomine 'false gharial' Sakhibaghoon khizari (Gavialidae/Tomistominae) — reported as the first tomistomine from Indo-Pakistan (a mid-rostrum: premaxillae, maxillae, heterodont teeth, elongate nasal) — and, near Mahoi, the proboscidean Gomphotherium buzdari. NOTE: these are Malkani-corpus taxa; the identifications are attributed, not independently corroborated.
• Mesozoic Mughal Kot Formation Cretaceous
  • Geological significance: Malkani et al. (2022): in North and South Waziristan the Late-Cretaceous Mughal Kot-equivalent is named the Shinkai Post Formation — red and green shale with lithographic limestone and marl. Recorded as a Waziristan local-name equivalent (Malkani corpus); not adopted as a separate unit here.
• Mesozoic Pab Sandstone Cretaceous

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• Mesozoic Sembar Formation Cretaceous
  • Geological significance: Malkani et al. (2022): in North and South Waziristan the Early-Cretaceous Sembar-equivalent is named the Ahni Tangi Formation — green and red shales carrying large olistostrome blocks (olistoliths). Recorded as a Waziristan local-name equivalent (Malkani corpus); not adopted as a separate unit here.
• Mesozoic Vitakri Formation Cretaceous

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